Topical medicine



Patent ed July 10, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AliiD'U'S ABTHUR.HOOPMAN, F SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. I

TOPICAL MEDICINE.

No Drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in medicines for topical applications, having;v for an object to provide a solution useful for the treatment of surface or skin disorders,

Wounds and bodily pains, the same being of such content as to produce upon application to affected parts, an effectual anodyne and antiseptic action, causing an anaesthetic effect for a period of time as well as sterilizin the treated part.

%he medicine is compounded from thefollowing components, in about the proportions stated -t Iodine .20 Phenol 2O Menthol 20 Glycerine 20 Grain alcohol 20 In compounding or pfoducing the improved medicine, I preferably mix 20 parts of alcohol with 20 parts of glycerine at ordinary room temperature, add 20 parts of.

melted phenol, then add 20 parts of resublimed iodine, whereupon the mixture is permitted to stand at room temperature for approximately 48 hours or until the same takes on a clear reddish brown color. Then .orders such 'as bites of insects, ulcers, polsonlng and glandular Application filed July 6, 1925. Serial No. 41,883.

ture and the whole is then permitted to stand at normal temperature for a second period of time of approximately 24 hours,

ments, furthermore, the medicine used in treating cuts, abrasions, open wounds to pain.

I claim a A topical medicine comprising substantially equal parts of restiblimed iodine, phenol and menthol, in solution in a solvent vehicle consisting of glycerine and alcohol.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set mythand.

ALDUS ARTHUR HOOPMAN.

.20 parts of menthol are added to the mix- 

